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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is all true. The kids can’t write. I work in MCPS and have kids in the schools.

The lucky few get into humanities magnets in middle school and do learn. And then go on to high school and college well prepared.

If you have a choice between high quality stem instruction and high quality English and writing instruction, choose the latter. There are so many ways to find math enrichment for your child. Not so many for writing- let me know if you find them!

So if private schools are an acceptable option (ideologically/financially) and you really care about this issue, go for it. And then buy the enrichment in math a la carte.

I made the opposite choice- turning up my nose at the math/science available at the privates, but I don’t think I’d do it again. The kids really don’t learn how to write with the exception of some of the magnets.  [/quote]

I’m curious what your opposition to math at private school was? I know they don’t accelerate as much, but my understanding is that’s actually recommended, from a pedagogical standpoint.

Holton Arms has a particularly thorough explanation of the reasoning why they approach math the way they do (aka without acceleration for the vast majority of students until high school): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dQXiD9zHmP29RbpgGFTxXUs4YEfamalltpkL3MtWNEg/edit

I’m not sure that science is worse at the best private schools. Bullis’ engineering/makerlab space is unbelievable, for example. [/quote]

My one kid needed accelerated math and I had a friend/teacher at a private high school who told me that that sort of kid would do better with a big peer group moving along quickly- Blair magnet. She was right that the science and math were great, but he never really learned to write- well, I mean. He wrote college essays etc, but he didn’t ever get amazing writing instruction.

I’m sure there are great stem opportunities at different privates- just giving my .02 in hindsight. Writing is one thing MCPS does not do well except at the very few magnets.

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